I blog each day about what we did in class. If you're absent, you can find out what you missed here. If you're merely absent-minded, you can re-live class here. :-) Homework is listed as well.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Friday, August 30th, 2013

AP AP AP AP

Welcome, AP English
Peeps!J

·Happy Friday,
August 30th, 2013

Business

ØSign
in, NOW!

ØPick
up the hot mess of papers for you on the HEATER!

ØPick
up a “used” packet from AP alums from two years ago.

ØStay
AWAY from this computer!

Vocabulary

·Vocab
War explanation

oModel
packets

oPacket

oOfficial List (yellow “cards”)

oHundred-word
list

Shifting
Gears

·Type
a reflection about the reading and discussion you’ve done thus far.

AP Unit
Reflection:Reading and Annotating
(Talking to the Text)

This class is about reading, writing
and thinking.Today, I’d like you to
re-read, think, and write.Why?Because it’s Day Eight of the term, and we’ve
reached a conclusion point for our first unit.I’d like you to reflect on that before we shift gears.I’m looking for evidence that you are re-reading,
thinking and writing today. ☺

1.Re-read each
quotation journal entry you wrote (four total).Think about what you think!What
questions did you have?What a-ha
moments did you arrive at?What did you
clarify?What did you disagree
with?Synthesize what you said about
reading (and anything else) into ONE organized paragraph.

2.Select ONE of
your journal entries that you feel shows your strongest thinking—you really
engaging and conversing with the quotation—and put a post-it note on it.This is the quote journal entry I will read and
respond to.

3.Re-read your
annotations on from “How to Mark a Book” and “Good Readers, Good Writers”.How did annotating help you make meaning out
of something you read?Select ONE
ANNOTATION from ONE PIECE, and talk about how you made meaning.This should be ONE organized paragraph.

4.One skill
we’ve been working on in class that I can already feel myself getting stronger
at is ____________, and here’s why and how:_________________. Turn this sentence into a paragraph that explains
what, why, how and when, and use examples to support your points.

5.One skill
we’ve been working on in class that I know will be a challenge for me as the
term goes on is ________ because_________. Turn this sentence into a paragraph
that explains what, why, how and when, and use examples to support your points.

Organization

·Turn
everything in!J(handout)

Homework for
Tuesday

1.Read and annotate “Cat in the
Rain” by Ernest Hemingway (pages 26-7).